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An intelligent cricketer, Tauseef soon understood his role . He was to offer control when playing with Abdul Qadir or Iqbal Qasim. West
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Mushtaq as the future spinner for Pakistan. Nevertheless, Tauseef kept making occasional returns, putting up admirable shows in Australia in 1990. He disappeared from the international scene as Pakistan increasingly went
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After 12 wickets at 29 in his first series, he had to wait for two more years and played for a depleted
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Pakistan their first-ever test series win in India. As in the first test, Tauseef had shared 18 wickets with Iqbal Qasim except that this time round, both had nine each with crucial runs to boot.
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Mushtaq Ahmed developed rapidly. A surprise late wicketless recall in 1993 meant little for him even though he remained a giant in Pakistan's domestic cricket.
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